2015
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Movie Review: Black Souls
4 stars out of 5 OK, let’s take out our mafia-movie checklist: Italians, multi-generation family, rival family, guns, drugs, glasses-wearing brother who’s “good at business,” brother who doesn’t want to be involved, hot-headed young guy, black Members Only-style jackets over black shirts, small clumps of furtive men standing around in aforementioned jackets. Black Souls, released […]
Ask Jack: Escaping for Midday Interviews + Job of the Week
In this week’s installment of my AOL Jobs advice column: My foolproof plan for sneaking away from work to a job interview.
My Internet Radio Playlist, 4/21/15
EPISODE #177: LABEL SPOTLIGHT ON SARAH RECORDS inspired by the documentary My Secret World: The Story of Sarah Records (which I reviewed here) The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Incredible Casuals — “Records Go Round” The Sea Urchins — “Pristine Christine” Another Sunny Day — “Anorak City” 14 Iced Bears — “Come Get Me” […]
Movie Review: My Secret World: The Story of Sarah Records
4 stars out of 5 Last week I reviewed the Wrecking Crew documentary. In it, they discuss the Hal Blaine drumbeat opening to “Be My Baby,” instantly recognizable to millions of people the world over. The same cannot be said for the Dr. Rhythm drum machine which accompanies “Emma’s House” by the Field Mice, as […]
Ask Jack: Interim Promotion, Snubbed at Lunch, Job of the Week
In this week’s installment of my AOL Jobs advice column: Should you be compensated for a short-term promotion? And what to do when the cool kids at work don’t ask you to order lunch with them.
My Internet Radio Playlist, 4/14/15
EPISODE #176: MONEY II The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Beatles — “Taxman” The Undertones — “Fairly in the Money Now” Fishboy — “Hard-Earned Money” Joe Mooney Quartet — “A Man With a Million Dollars” Dire Straits — “Money for Nothing” Iron & Wine — “Boy With a Coin” Mercury Rev — “I Collect […]
The Wit and Wisdom of Lee Israel, Vol. 3 (2009)
With baseball season underway, it seems like a good time to return to the collected e-mails of Lee Israel, as this batch heavily features her interest in our national pastime. Lee routinely watched Yankees games on TV even if, as you’ll see, she wasn’t particularly root-root-rooting for the home team. The previous year, with the […]
Movie Review: The Wrecking Crew!
4 stars out of 5 I saw this documentary on my birthday, but I slacked off for more than two weeks before reviewing it. Still, that’s totally in the spirit of the film: It was 18 years in the works, and even on IMDB it’s listed as a 2008 movie. But with the help of […]
Hey Idiots, Stop Using Incorrect Quotes From the Internet
There’s been some hullabaloo this week, because the U.S. Postal Service issued a Maya Angelou stamp with a big quote that ISN’T HERS. There was Oprah, and the First Lady, and everybody’s on stage in front of this giant blow-up of this big stupid mistake and it’s hugely embarrassing. And the Postal Service found out […]
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